Global Spine Journal
Characteristics of Patients Achieving Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Neuropathic Pain After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Study Design Retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained multicenter cohort. Objectives To identify clinical characteristics associated with clinically meaningful improvement in neuropathic pain and to evaluate its relationship with postoperative functional outcomes in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM). Methods Among 816 patients with complete Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI) data, 597 with baseline total NPSI scores ≥7 were included in the primary analysis because they were eli …